Welded necks and subtle changes to shaping - remember, these putters originate on Tour where players have specific requests - also separate a Circle T from the retail putter. Due to the materials, unique finishes and time it takes to create a Tour version of, say, a Newport or Newport 2, it’s easy to see why the price goes up exponentially. Using Cameron’s retail Special Select Newport as an example, the putter is made from 303 stainless steel, which is a budget-friendly material when compared to a solid block of carbon steel or the German Stainless Steel (also known as “GSS”) used to make Tiger Woods’ putter.Ĭarbon Steel, German Stainless and Surgical Stainless are the most common high-end materials you’ll find when it comes to a Circle T putter. That’s my longwinded answer to your question: It comes down to head material and how the putter is stamped. These days, a Newport 2 Circle T could go for somewhere in the four-figure range depending on the stamping and head material. Given the rarity of owning a putter once used on the PGA Tour, Cameron’s Circle T putters started to skyrocket in value - and it hasn’t stopped. But eventually, Cameron started releasing Tour putters that no longer had a home to the general public in extremely small numbers. For years, it was a way for Cameron to denote Tour versions of the putter from the retail offerings. Thus, the Circle T version of Cameron’s putter was born.
“I knew I was onto something when some of the young kids would take the headcovers off and run away with them because they were cooler than those without the Circle T.” It wasn’t long before reps started informing Cameron there was genuine interest from players for a product with the Circle T stamp. When a box of putters bound for the PGA Tour ended up going to the LPGA Tour by mistake, Cameron added a T with a circle around it to denote boxes going to men’s tour. To give you some background on the stamp, it actually served a practical purpose back in the mid-1990s when Cameron was first starting out at Titleist.
I’m going to assume there are golfers reading this week’s mailbag who didn’t even realize there was a “Circle T” version of the Scotty Cameron putter they currently have in the bag.
What are the main differences between a Scotty Cameron Circle T and the retail Scotty Cameron putter we buy on the shelves? - Ben DeGagne Welcome to another edition of the Fully Equipped mailbag, an interactive series in which our resident dimplehead (a.k.a., GOLF’s managing editor of equipment, Jonathan Wall) fields your hard-hitting gear questions.
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